Medical Council questioned on registerTHE MEDICAL Council still does not have the necessary information to allow it to register junior doctors who arrived in the country…Fri Oct 7 2011 - 01:00
GP faces six allegations of misconductA GP who worked for an out-of-hours service in Dublin attempted to resuscitate a patient while the patient was sitting in a chair…Thu Oct 6 2011 - 01:00
Restaurant wins top AA food awardA WATERFORD restaurant was given a top award from Automobile Association restaurant inspectors yesterday.Thu Oct 6 2011 - 01:00
GP facing misconduct allegationsA GP who worked for an out of hours service has had six allegations of professional misconduct brought against him at a Medical…Wed Oct 5 2011 - 01:00
Inquiry told of failure to carry out baby scanTHE FAILURE by an obstetrician to carry out a growth scan on a baby who subsequently died of a genetic disorder was at a minimum…Wed Oct 5 2011 - 01:00
Obstetrician accused of misconductA consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in the Midlands had seven allegations of professional misconduct brought against …Tue Oct 4 2011 - 01:00
HSE staff numbers to fall to 98,000 by 2014NUMBERS WORKING in the HSE should be down to 98,000 by 2014, the organisation’s chief executive has saidTue Oct 4 2011 - 01:00
Patients must be 'at centre of reform'The reform of the health service must be radical and cannot be built on a service model that is no longer fit for purpose, a …Mon Oct 3 2011 - 01:00
Investigation urged at Drogheda emergency unitTHE HEALTH Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has been urged to investigate overcrowding at the emergency department of…Sat Oct 1 2011 - 01:00
Hospital staff vote to take industrial actionNURSING AND care staff at the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action following…Sat Oct 1 2011 - 01:00
Delays by consultants block €85m due to HSEA CONSULTANT at South Tipperary General Hospital has not yet signed claims that would release more than €1 million owed to the…Fri Sep 30 2011 - 01:00
Funds plea for woman to get care in BritainTHE FAMILY of a Galway woman with severe personality disorder who is at risk of suicide has appealed to the Minister for Health…Thu Sep 29 2011 - 01:00
Two-year wait for cataract patientsPUBLIC PATIENTS are waiting up to two years for cataract operations, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon has saidTue Sep 27 2011 - 01:00
Courses help parents deal with children's behaviourMORE THAN 400 families experienced sustained benefits from an Irish programme that helps parents deal with challenging behaviour…Tue Sep 27 2011 - 01:00
Vision health 'costs €386m a year'Vision impairment costs the State €386 million a year, according to a report prepared for National Council of the Blind in Ireland…Mon Sep 26 2011 - 01:00
Junior doctors from abroad have yet to sit examsSOME 85 overseas junior doctors, brought in to fill vacancies in the public hospital system, are still waiting to sit exams to…Mon Sep 26 2011 - 01:00
Enact flu vaccine changes now, urges unionREGULATIONS TO allow pharmacists to administer the seasonal flu vaccine must be brought forward this week to meet demand for …Mon Sep 26 2011 - 01:00
Concern over unlicensed Dublin 'university'THE HIGHER Education Authority has expressed concern about the operation of an unlicensed “university” with an address in Dublin…Sat Sep 24 2011 - 01:00
HSE admits delays 'unacceptable' over registering doctorsTHERE HAVE been “unacceptable delays” for a small number of junior doctors recruited from India and Pakistan to fill vacant posts…Fri Sep 23 2011 - 01:00
Children's positive outlook on life revealedBULLYING IS prevalent among nine-year-olds growing up in Ireland but children of this age still have a largely positive view …Fri Sep 23 2011 - 01:00
Arms trade report 'lacks specifics'AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has welcomed the publication of a report on the Irish arms trade, but questioned “the lack of specifics…Fri Sep 23 2011 - 01:00
Call for independent rights commissionThe proposed new human rights and equality commission must be fully independent and accountable to the Oireachtas, the president…Thu Sep 22 2011 - 01:00
Bullying of children 'prevalent'Bullying is prevalent in the lives of nine-year-olds growing up in Ireland, according to a new report.Thu Sep 22 2011 - 01:00
Some people 'better off' on social welfareTHERE IS “no escaping” the fact that some people are “better off” on social welfare than going to work, a Department of Social…Thu Sep 22 2011 - 01:00
GP lobby group welcomes legislation on medical cardsGPs WHO lobbied for the removal of restrictions on entrance to the medical card market have welcomed an announcement that new…Mon Sep 19 2011 - 01:00
UCD honours Nobel Peace Prize winnerTHE INTERNATIONAL community should go to the rescue of women in Egypt or they will face discrimination like that experienced …Sat Sep 17 2011 - 01:00
Concern over care programmeNot a single medical card holder has been referred for essential treatment at residential addiction facility the Rutland Centre…Thu Sep 15 2011 - 01:00
All sectors of society 'entitled to play part in shaping future'PEOPLE HERE are paying the price for a fundamental flaw in decision-making processes at home and abroad, a conference in Dublin…Thu Sep 15 2011 - 01:00
HSE to accelerate mental health planTHE HEALTH Service Executive is to bring forward a new three-year plan to speed up the implementation of its mental health strategy…Thu Sep 15 2011 - 01:00
Hogan criticises flag remarksSuggestions that the Irish flag should fly at half mast outside EU buildings because of the country's financial deficit were "…Wed Sep 14 2011 - 01:00
Indian and Pakistani doctors opt to go homeDOCTORS BROUGHT to the Republic from India and Pakistan to address severe shortages in public hospitals have decided to return…Wed Sep 14 2011 - 01:00
State paid for 14 sex-change operations over five yearsNEW FIGURES from the Health Service Executive show 14 people were approved to travel abroad for gender reassignment surgery over…Wed Sep 14 2011 - 01:00
490 jobs created in restaurant sector since JulyALMOST 500 jobs have been created in the restaurant sector since the abolition of wage-setting mechanisms, according to a survey…Tue Sep 13 2011 - 01:00
Priest urges women to protest at 'sexist language' in missalCATHOLIC WOMEN should write to bishops around the country in protest at sexist language in the new version of the Roman missal…Mon Sep 12 2011 - 01:00
Three wards at St Loman's psychiatric hospital to closeTHREE WARDS at a psychiatric hospital in Co Westmeath are to be closed by next March, the Mental Health Commission has said.Sat Sep 10 2011 - 01:00
Registrar says consultant did not tell her to order a biopsyA REGISTRAR who worked with a Drogheda-based consultant who is facing 38 allegations of professional misconduct has said the …Fri Sep 9 2011 - 01:00
Gynaecologist charged with 38 counts of misconductA CONSULTANT gynaecologist at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, has been charged with 38 counts of professional misconduct…Thu Sep 8 2011 - 01:00
Hearing told of ultrasound delaysUltrasound scans that should have been performed within two weeks of being requested took up to six months at Our Lady of Lourdes…Thu Sep 8 2011 - 01:00
Hiqa finds Mayo home has too few night staffA NURSING home in Co Mayo run by the Health Service Executive does not have enough staff on duty at night, according to a report…Wed Sep 7 2011 - 01:00
Study identifies twin pregnancy risksTWINS WITH separate placentas have a lower perinatal mortality rate than babies born in single pregnancies, a new study carried…Tue Sep 6 2011 - 01:00
Overseas junior doctors in contracts row with HSEJUNIOR DOCTORS recruited from abroad to help fill hospital vacancies are rowing with the Health Service Executive over wages.Sat Sep 3 2011 - 01:00
Hiqa says nursing home residents at risk of hypothermiaRESIDENTS AT a Co Meath nursing home were at risk of hypothermia and staff working in its kitchen were exposed to leaking gas…Sat Sep 3 2011 - 01:00
Council rejects plans for crematorium and graveyardPLANS FOR a graveyard and crematorium close to the Dublin Mountains have been rejected.Thu Sep 1 2011 - 01:00
Martin critical of Ahern expensesExpenses claimed by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern were too high and should be reduced, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said…Thu Sep 1 2011 - 01:00
Concern at lung cancer deaths among womenLUNG CANCER has overtaken breast cancer as the most likely form of the illness to cause death in women, according to the National…Thu Sep 1 2011 - 01:00
Concern raised at high cancer ratesLung cancer has overtaken breast cancer as the most likely form of the illness to cause death in women, according to the National…Thu Sep 1 2011 - 01:00
Reilly urged to look into 'horrific' casesPATIENT ADVOCACY groups and Opposition parties have called on the Minister for Health to intervene in the cases of two women …Thu Sep 1 2011 - 01:00
Cancer patient tells of four-year wait for redressA 55-YEAR-OLD woman whose breast cancer diagnosis was delayed by 18 months because of laboratory errors has said she feels let…Wed Aug 31 2011 - 01:00
Victims of cancer test errors tell of wait for justiceTWO WOMEN whose breast cancer diagnoses were delayed because of errors in laboratory testing have expressed anger and frustration…Wed Aug 31 2011 - 01:00
Cardinal Brady says proposals may challenge religious freedomANY PROPOSAL that undermines the inviolability of the seal of confession is a challenge to the right of every Catholic to freedom…Mon Aug 29 2011 - 01:00